419 scam: jillian Zyber <jilllian7@msn.com> From the office of Mr. Jillian Zyber,

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: jillian Zyber <jilllian7@msn.com>
Reply-To: <jillinzyber@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:24:06 +0000
Subject: From the office of Mr. Jillian Zyber,

>From the office of Mr. Jillian Zyber,
(AFDB) African Development Bank,
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

How are you with your family? I hope fine, please let this letter do not be a surprise proposal to you because i got your contact information from the international directory in few weeks ago, before i decided to contact you on this magnitude and profitable financial business transaction for our future financial goodness, furthermore, i have laid all my trust in you before i decided to disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you.

On the 15/01/2009, the board of directors discovered a dormant account with holding balance of US$9,000.000.00 (Nine million United State Dollars) and the bank management is expecting the beneficiary next of kin to apply for the claim, so please, If you are really interested and assured of your trustworthy, responsibility and confidentiality on this transaction, contact me, i hope you will not change your mind to cheat or disappoint me when this fund will transfer into your own bank account as the beneficiary.

Besides you should not entertain any atom of fear because i am sure of the success of the deal as an insider in the bank okay, please reply with your comment and assurance, include your details information listed below for us to commence for this golden transaction:-

1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Contact Cell Phone Number:
3. Your Age:
4. Your Sex:
5. Your Occupations:
6. Your Country and City:

For the smoothness of this transaction, you will obtain 40% with the respect of providing a foreign bank account for the receiving of the fund in your country, 10% is for any expenses that might comes up for the processing of the transfer to your own bank account and the remaining 50% is for my investment purpose in your country under your kind control.
Call me on (+22675265629)

Best Regards
Mr. Jillian Zyber

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